GMO Cotton May Be Future Source Of Protein

Cotton may be a source of protein for humans in the future, as genetic modification has produced plants free of toxins.Cotton is grown by more than 20 million farmers, and accounts for around 40% of the fiber used for making clothing, and its seeds are an excellent source of...

Scientist Aims to Turn Chickens into Dinosaurs

After the extinction of dinosaurs from hundred million years ago, a Canadian paleontologist aims to create live dinosaurs by manipulating chicken embryos. Hans Larsson, a researcher in macro evolution at McGill University in Montreal, has spent years hunting for the buried...

Child leukaemia 'genes' revealed

" Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncovered by British scientists. The three variants each raise the risk by between 30% and 60%, said the Institute of...

Domestic dog origins challenged - what about man?

"The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged.The huge genetic diversity of dogs found in East Asia had led many scientists to conclude that domestication began there. But new research published in the journal PNAS shows the DNA of dogs in...

Genetically modified rice crucial in drought battle

" MANILA, July 22, 2009 (AFP) - Genetic modification may be the only viable way to produce sufficient quantities of rice in the future as drought, climate change, and dwindling acreage impact yields, experts said...

Cloned Dogs Used As Drug Sniffers In South Korea

In the best traditions of science fiction, South Korea is creating a population of working animal clones. Six puppies – all genetic clones of a Labrador retriever skilled at sniffing out contraband drugs – are now in service at the Incheon International Airport and other...

First-ever link between missing DNA and cancer: study

copy number variation: the first link ever found between cancer and a type of genetic defect. I dont have much exp in this field but i think this story should be published on nowpublic to aware all now public memebers. Enjoy Reading... " The breakthrough came in a study on...

Can you really fall in love at first sight?

According to some scientists, some species can really fall in love at first sight, but it all comes down to genetics. Scientists looked at fruit flies, which can have implications for humans, and found that the female fruit fly are already aware of which males are more...

Now Possible to Design Your Own Baby

Once again, the stuff of science fiction has not only arrived but has been put into action with success.  This time, it is being able to design your own baby. The science is called PGD or Preimplantation...

Genetic mapping babies by 2019 to transform preventive medicine

A leading company working in the field of  Gene sequencing has said that every baby born after one decade will have their DNA mapped. The Human Genome Project, which published its first rough sequence of mankind's genetic code in 2001, cost an estimated $4billion...

Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes

Daly City, CA - A Daly City couple is beaming, after having a beautiful, healthy baby boy with a rare case of polydactyly in perfect formation. "Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and...

First UK baby screened for cancer due

The birth of the first baby in the UK to be screened free of a breast cancer inherited gene will be born soon. The treatment which sees a planned pregnancy approach with embryos containing the gene for breast...

Nation's First Face Transplant Done in Cleveland

Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow of Cleveland Clinic has just finished the nation's first near-total face transplant - 80% of the patient's face - with that of a dead female donor. The first partial face...

Gene Test Shows Spain’s Jewish and Muslim Mix

Historian Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz concludes that the Spanish civilization is Catholic and other influences.However others such as the biologists in this case states that Spain have been enriched by 3 historical cultures; Catholic,Jewish and Muslim.Test conducted by...

AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...

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